un datacommons mcp for VS Code
io.github.therealtimex/un-datacommons-mcp
MCP server to query Data Commons indicators and observations (base or custom).
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:pypi
Install un datacommons mcp in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "dc-api-key",
"description": "DC_API_KEY",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "dc-type",
"description": "DC_TYPE",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "custom-dc-url",
"description": "CUSTOM_DC_URL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "dc-root-topic-dcids",
"description": "DC_ROOT_TOPIC_DCIDS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "dc-search-scope",
"description": "DC_SEARCH_SCOPE",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"un-datacommons-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"un-datacommons-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DC_API_KEY": "${input:dc-api-key}",
"DC_TYPE": "${input:dc-type}",
"CUSTOM_DC_URL": "${input:custom-dc-url}",
"DC_ROOT_TOPIC_DCIDS": "${input:dc-root-topic-dcids}",
"DC_SEARCH_SCOPE": "${input:dc-search-scope}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs